Bound by convention obligation and social rules
This work argues that being bound by a social convention can be valuable for its own sake. People need meaning in their lives, and conventions infuse our acts and attitudes with significance, rendering them right or wrong. Such rules bind us not just in virtue of their usefulness but also because th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2022, 2022
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| Edition: | First edition |
| Series: | Oxford scholarship online / Oxford scholarship online
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This work argues that being bound by a social convention can be valuable for its own sake. People need meaning in their lives, and conventions infuse our acts and attitudes with significance, rendering them right or wrong. Such rules bind us not just in virtue of their usefulness but also because their absence would impoverish our social world |
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| Item Description: | This edition also issued in print: 2022 |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780191918599 |